Guys, it`s freaking 6 pm, dark outside and I just came home from school. That SUCKS!

I`m going to be so grateful when I passed my exams (well hopefully).

Anyway, this is the next chapter and there will be at least one more before I post the chapter four years in the future.

Thanks for all your reviews, you are amazing.

I don`t own anything!

Haley
2011-01-08 . chapter 10

Great update the current one I want to see the future.

- You`re the only one who said that, so I decided to write a new one

I hope you`ll like it anyway.

BadassGenius
2011-01-08 . chapter 10

This was just so intense! Seriously, i could feel Addie's pain and it felt like i was the one who was giving birth to the twins. LOL It just felt so real,that's it. All the emotions you wrote kinda make me want to have a child (and i honestly don't want to be a mother, so you do the math). Beautifully written, i mean it. Talking about the time jump i guess it'd be cool to have another chapter before it, describing the new life of the Shepherd family. :)

-It actually is the general idea that the readers can feel the emotions, and so. If not, it`s not written very well, is it. Thank you, this review brightened my day.

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Thank you too everyone else who reviewd It makes me really happy.

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Chapter 11

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Addison and Derek are having a great time with their twin boys. It`s been two weeks since Derek brought his wife and sons home from the hospital. Of course they don`t get much sleep ever since, after all the twins are only a little over 2 weeks old and sure they knew that babys don`t sleep through the night but it still was hard. Henry and Tyler take turns in waking up every 3 hours, sometimes only after 2 hours of sleep, sometimes they sleep 4 hours straight. It`s different though. The boys are very different too. While Tyler doesn`t mind weather Derek or Addison calmed, cuddled, fed and changed him, Henry preferred his mommy over his daddy. Maybe it was her calming voice, or the soft hands or maybe the so familiar heartbeat. Or all together? They didn`t know.

Addison and Derek are also taking turns with getting up at night and both take naps during the day to catch up some sleep.

Nevertheless, they enjoy their time as a family more than ever before. They enjoy being parents, they enjoy finally being a proper family.

"I`m up, I`m up." Addison said alarmed, when she heard one of her boys screaming. It`s Henry, they sound so different but look so much alike, it`s strange. Derek only let out a sigh of relive and turned around to drift back to sleep and soon loud snoring filled the room again. The new mother had to chuckle when she heard that and walked over to Henry`s crib and takes him ou to calm him. She soothingly spoke to him, and dandles him while softly rubbing the boys back.

She took the baby downstairs and laid down on the couch cradling the baby in her arms. He`s not hungry, he just missed his mommy. So he quickly fell asleep again and so did Addison.

It`s not until two hours later he wakes Addison again, but this time because he`s hungry.

Derek was up as well now. Only an hour after Addison got up with Henry, he got up with Tyler who was now peacefully sleeping in the baby cradle in the livingroom.

"Good morning mommy." Derek said when he entered the living room to look if Tyler was still sleeping. He walked over to his wife who was breast feeding Henry, and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Morning. For how long have you been up?"

"An hour or so. I fed Tyler and then made us breakfast." She happily looked at him, happy to have such a wonderful husband.

"Are you hungry?"
"Yes. What did you make for breakfast? It smells great."

"Cinnamon waffles. But we also have bagles and all kinds of fruits. What do you want?" He inquires.

"hmm, I think I take waffles and fruits." She cutely smiled up at him.

"I`ll get you some then." He returned the smile and walked back into the kitchen after lovingly running a hand through Addison`s ginger hair.

Henry stopped drinking and looked up to his mother confused, because her attention was no longer on him, but on Derek, at least for a moment. He notices it immediately when the center of her attention was no longer on him. And he didn`t like that at all. He`s mommys little boy.

Now he got her ful attention again and she looked at him, stroking over his soft cheek, smiling at him. Carefully he moved his head and continued eating.

She softly carresed the back of his head and releaxed on the couch.

When Henry was finished eating, Derek came back in the living room holding a tray of food.

"Can you burp him?" She asked while shifting the boy so Derek could take him.

"Of course I can." Smiling he took the baby and sat down next to Addison.

"This" she said and pointed on the waffles, "This is delicous." She continued eating her waffles and the kiwi he cut for her.

"I`m glad you like it." He smiled his "McDreamy"-smile like the interns in Seattle would call it.

"I talked to Izzie while you were sleeping." He said his facial expression turning into concern once again. He calls Meredith everyday, or by this time rather Izzie than Meredith.

"What did she say?" She asked feeling with him. The fact that Meredith obviously cannot bond with her baby makes her sad too. Every woman should be able to love her child and bond with it.

"Meredith`s back at work and leaves Emma at daycare. Izzie tries to take her every now and then and George helps too, even Alex looks after her sometimes she told me. But Meredith practically never." He explains his sad gaze on a picture of Emma that they had put up on the coffee table. Izzie practically sends him new pictures of Emma everyday, so he at least feels like being with her.

"You should go to Seattle. You haven`t seen her since she was two weeks old. She`s 12 weeks now. You should fly to Seattle and make sure that she`s doing well."

"I would love to go and see her, but I can`t leave you alone with them. They are too small and two hands are not enough to take care of them."

"I`m completely capable to take care of them on my own for a couple of days. Go and see your daughter Derek. She needs you more than we do." Addison tried to encourage him.

He was in a conflict now. He loved Addison for suggestion him to go to Seattle and not getting angry because he wants to see his daughter but he couldn`t possible leave Addison and their not even 3 week old twins alone. He felt like that wasn`t right.

"No, I`m not leaving you and the boys alone. I won`t do that. Not while they are so little." He said determined, kissing Addison`s temple before getting up.

"Then why don`t you invite them to come here? I know Meredith just got back to work, but I`m sure Richard would support you." Addison suggested. She didn`t want him to feel guilty leaving them behind or leaving Emma behind. It`s just not right.

Emma`s his daughter and as important as the boys. They are loved equally but it`s difficult to show a baby how much you love it so many miles away.

"I`ll ask Meredith. But I don`t think she`ll come." He said depressed.

"Then ask Izzie. Maybe Meredith`s happy to get rid of Emma for a couple of days. We`ll pay the flight and all and Izzie could stay here, together with Emma. We have the guestroom and the cradle so enough space for everyone."

"You`re amazing. You know that right?" He irrogated Addison smiling widely. If he had decided to stay with Meredith, she wouldn`t be so understanding, wouldn`t be so supportive. He probably couldn`t have left for his sons birth while Addison practically dragged him to go to Seattle and meet his daughter. She was amazing, too good for this world, too good for him.

"It`s nice to hear you say it." She answered. She stopped eating for a moment and just smiled at Derek until Henry tried to get his parents attention again.

To be continued…

Whad do you guys think, will Izzie agree to come to NY? And will Meredith be okay with it, afterall Emma`s her daughter and she doesn`t like Addison. I haven`t even thought about the next chapter, so any ideas are very welcome.

Love Antonia